Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] only a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In August 1943 , statistics for American bomber crews of the 8th Air Force stated only a 35% chance of surviving a combat tour . |
| 2 | A cashier saw only a £4.99 price tag when the accused presented a pair of shoes . |
| 3 | The scene was set in a cabin on the boat with two men lone Fernandell and a beautiful Tahitian girl wearing only a grass skirt . |
| 4 | This case merited only a six-inch column in one newspaper , but probably failed to get widespread coverage on several grounds : the case was held outside London ( in Manchester ) and the case was not contested . |
| 5 | And a haemoglobin molecule has only a minute fraction of the complexity of a living body . |
| 6 | Losses in mortgage indemnity business , where General Accident has only a 4% share , were in line with expectations at $4.4m . |
| 7 | That would be the case if the settlor , for instance , set up a trust under which the settlor had only a life interest in possession : monies spent on trustee expenses may be assessed on the settlor under Part XV of TA 1988 . |
| 8 | Subscribers to the service required only a cable line , an amplifier , a pair of speakers and a computer pad , on which to tap out the number of their choice . |
| 9 | I read with interest of the lady golfer who , when confronted by a naked man wearing only a bowler hat , asked him whether he was a member , and then hit him with a Number 8 iron . |
| 10 | But , the court heard , the firm had only an accommodation address , in Jermyn Street , in London 's West End . |
| 11 | Indeed , that two-way design uses only a Uni-Q driver — no supplementary bass unit is employed . |